Was WWII....

[dgk196]

Concerning Hawaii, that would have both been the first isolated and reconquered Japanese garrison. Isolated because that was a long way from supplies that would have had to be shipped in and reconquered for it's port for future use. About the only reason to have taken Hawaii would be for prestige and morale. No resources for war here and pineapple, seafood and sugar cane would only last so long before the people and garrison would eventually hit short rations and near starvation.

One what if I wonder about is if the Western Allies had accepted the idea of having peace with the Germans, help rearm them and joined their fight against the Russians. Germany would not lack for resources to manufacture more of their better tanks, plus all the German forces spread around the Med and the West Front and the Western Allies all to the East Front. The Russians would have been toast. We already dominated the sea, taking complete control of the air was only a matter of time, all the bombers from the west and the B29s coming from the east, nowhere for them to hide their industry. Plus the fact that they would not be getting anymore resources or lend lease from us. To have crushed the Russians would have had a huge domino effect because of all the countries that would not have gotten aid from them, primarily China, North Korea, North Vietnam and the smaller fries like Cuba. Big what if there.

Hello..

I think I see what you mean about the occupation of Hawaii by the Japanese. I think it would have been a springboard to nowhere. A very good facility, well equipped, but to what end, for the Japanese that is. Any 'sorties' toward the America's would have put a Japanese fleet within striking range of very strong forces. Would they have kept an occupation of Hawaii going, I think so. The Japanese had a tendency to keep what they conquered.

As to the Western Allies taking up with Germany. I see what you mean as that is a prerequisite for operations against the Soviet Union. But I think it would have been a real stretch of the imagination for that to happen. But, for a 'what-if' I believe it would have made a very interesting situation. Its just my opinion, but the only thing the Russians had going for them, was numbers. And therefor matched against a large force I think its defeat would be a matter of time.

Dennis